Ebook: Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998

Tracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Following the Holocaust, the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also shattered Palestinian Arab society and gave rise to a massive refugee problem. Morris offers distinctive accounts of each of the subsequent Israeli-Arab wars and details the sporadic peace efforts in between, culminating in the peace process initiated by the Rabin Government. In a new afterword to the Vintage edition, he examines Ehud Barak's leadership, the death of President Assad of Syria, and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the recent renewed conflict with the Palestinians. Studded with illuminating portraits of the major protagonists, Righteous Victims provides an authoritative record of the Middle East and its continuing struggle toward peace.;Palestine on the eve -- The beginning of the conflict: Jews and Arabs in Palestine, 1881-1914 -- World War I, the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate -- The Arabs rebel -- World War II and the first Arab-Israeli War, 1939-49 -- 1949-1956 -- The Six-Day War, 1967 -- The War of Attrition -- The October War, 1973 -- The Israeli-Egyptian Peace, 1977-79 -- The Lebanon War, 1982- 85 -- The Intifada -- Peace at last? -- Ehud Barak's 19 months.